Where Has Love Gone? (1980)

Original title

Где ты, любовь?

Directed by

Valeriu Gagiu

Genre

drama film, musical film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 19m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman reflects on lost love while traveling through the Moldavian countryside and coastal cities. The story unfolds alongside songs performed by the lead actress.

melancholicsentimentalmusicalnostalgicslow-pacedromanticbittersweetfolk-infused

What happens

Where Has Love Gone? (Russian: Где ты, любовь?, romanized: Gde ty, lyubov?, lit. Where Are You, Love?) is a 1980 Soviet musical drama film, written and directed by Valeriu Gagiu, starring Sofia Rotaru as well as Grigore Grigoriu and Evgueny Menishov. The movie features songs performed by Sofia Rotaru. The setting includes Moldavian landscape and countryside life, as well as the Black Sea coast, Chişinău and Odessa. Although heavily criticized by cinema experts, even by Sofia Rotaru herself, the film gathered more than 25 million viewers in the former Soviet Union. In 2002, the official video version of the movie directed by Valeriu Gagiu at the Moldova-Film studios in 1980 was released. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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